Anime roundup 11/27/2013: Gorilla My Dreams
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco makes a violent lurch in a wholly unexpected direction, and more!
Anime roundup 11/20/2013: Privilege Hath Its Rankness
In this week’s viewing: Galilei Donna and Kill la Kill check out life at the top of the heap, Kyousougiga goes behind the scenes, and more!
Top Post de Octubre en Amazing Stories
Libros Hubo muchas reseñas de libros el mes pasado. Gary Dalkin reseña la colección de 10 historias Feast and Famine: Book Review – Feast and Famine by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Steve Fahnestalk nos recomienda el libro The Heavens Rise de Christopher Rice (el hijo de Anne Rice, para más detalles) en Book Review — A Spooky […]
Anime roundup 11/15/2013: Madness? This Is Anime!
In this week’s viewing: Kyousougiga gets more disturbing, Galilei Donna gets more depressing, and everything gets just a little more insane.
REVIEW: Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (Somehow It Ended up Lame and Disappointing)
I have always felt that SHIELD was the most interesting part of Marvel Comics. The reality of Disney’s production, however, has left me sad and very disappointed.
Consider the Magical Girl
With the Sailor Moon relaunch just a few months away, I seem to be seeing an onslaught of magical girls in the media.
Thor: The Dark World is a surprising success
when this hulk of a man fell out of the sky with an axe I almost burst into hysterics
Interview with Carl Critchlow, artist, illustrator and inventor of Thrud the Barbarian
Carl Critchlow has been an artist and author on the SF and fantasy scenes for almost thirty years, during which his work has appeared in DC Comics as well as 2000AD.
Anime roundup 11/8/2013: So Far, Sew Good
Anime roundup from 11/8/2013: so far, sew good.
Battle Fever J! This Is Why I Love Japan (and You Should, Too)
Battle Fever J was a forerunner of the Power Rangers: four guys and a girl in superhero suits, saving the world from “the mysterious deity Satan Egos.”
Back from the Atom: The X-Men Post Battle of the Atom
Unlike most event comics, which trade in boredom, the first nine issues of Battle of the Atom actually worked as a story.
London Expo: October, 2013
London Expo October, 2013
Anime roundup 11/1/2013: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Stream
In this week’s viewing: An unexpected additional premiere made by Lewis Carroll fans, big news about a show coming up next season, and more!
Anime roundup 10/25/2013: Step By Step
In this week’s viewing: The shows that will be covered in this discussion column for the rest of the season are chosen! And the others are whined about!
iHobby 2013
Every year in October the hobby industry has an exposition for the hobby industry manufacturers to reach the retailing community and show off their new and existing products
Anime roundup 10/18/2013: It Gets Better
In this week’s viewing: Fewer boobs! More plot! Less filling! Tastes great!
The Dancers At the Edge of Chaos (Part 3)
Once more into the Multiverse, dear friends…,
Scide Splitters: Unidentified Funny Objects 2 edited by Alex Shvartsman
If done well, an anthology is like a box of chocolates filled with a variety of delectable confections. Granted, there are bound to be a few flavors you are not partial to, but on the whole, the selection is delightful. When not done so well, you end up with something a little more like Monty Python’s Whizzo Chocolates, getting a mouthful of Crunchy Frog or Cockroach Cluster….
Website Review – Geek-Pride.Co.UK
a favorite website that combines love of all things geeky with affinity for the U.K.
Anime roundup 9/27/2013: Chekhov’s Arsenal
In this week’s viewing: The Eccentric Family does a clinic on setup and payoff, Day Break Illusion demonstrates how not to do it, and more!
Ever Wanted to Create Your Own Superhero?
An online TV service here in the UK is offering sci-fi fans the chance to see their character come to life.
ALAN GRANT – GUIONISTA de 2000AD por M.C.CARPER
A bi-lingual interview experiment with Alan Grant, comics author
Book Review: Vicious, by V.E. Schwab
V.E. (Victoria) Schwab’s people are called EO, for ExtraOrdinary people; people with something extra. These abilities are not genetic, nor are they the result of spilled chemicals (The Flash), extraterrestrial birth (Superman) or encounters with supernatural forces (The Mask); EOs gain their powers by an unfortunate encounter with mortality.
Anime roundup 8/20/2013: And They Made a Most Agreeable Thump When They Hit the Ground
In this week’s viewing: It’s that late-season moment when the plot cards are all on the table and fisticuffs break out in all directions!
Anime roundup 9/13/2013: Cut Day
In this week’s viewing: The Eccentric Family lays bare a dastardly plot, Gatchaman Crowds creeps out its local viewers, and more!
Team Marvel or Team DC?
Is it possible to be Team Marvel and Superman (stand alone) at the same time? Because that is where I am….
Anime roundup 9/6/2013: Always Look On the Bright Side of Life
In this week’s viewing: Gatchaman Crowds continues to go to unexpected places, the Shimogamo family tree contains surprises, and more!
Rumour-tastic
The other news this week is Benedict Cumberbatch has reportedly signed on for the next Star Wars film.
Anime roundup 8/30/2013: I Think I’m a Clone Now
In this week’s viewing: Ginka Shirokane meets an evil mirror of herself, Jō Hibiki meets an evil mirror of himself, and one of the Shimogamo clan is his own worst enemy.
The Geek Test: What’s Your Score?
I believe people of all types should be able to join in geek events and have fun whether they’re sufficiently geek credentialed or not, but I wondered how one might one go about quantitatively evaluating “geekiness”
